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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do some of you act like TJ has to accept the very best? It’s not a competition. It’s a magnet school. It’s just too bad that s not big enough to accept all qualified applicants. [/quote]

The very best are the kids who will surpass the course offerings at their local high schools and run out of classes to take.  The math whizzes will be taking Calc in either 9th or 10th grade.  TJ is the only place with enough math classes.  Likewise, science whizzes will easily handle the AP courses at their local schools and end up without viable classes for their last few years.

It honestly makes no sense at all to admit a bunch of kids to TJ who largely will take the exact same classes that would have been available at their local high school.  [/quote]

It honestly makes no sense to consider a kid who is taking algebra II in 8th grade is somehow more worthy of TJ than a kid who is taking Algebra I in 8th grade. Both kids are advanced. And the majority of kids on these super accelerated paths are only there because of a combination of parental pressure, outside tutoring, and other advantages. And they are only on that path because their parents want TJ, and the old system rewarded previous advantage with more advantage. [/quote]

A kid in A2 in 8th grade will be able to take a number of classes in math,, physics, CS and tech that are only offered at TJ and require Calculus. A kid in A1 in 8th won’t be eligible for many of the advanced classes. [/quote]

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